Elliance Reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)

Abu Noaman

100% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

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14 reviews
2.0
10 Dec 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flex Time. Cool Space. SEO Knowlege. On the river trail. The warmth/friendliness of the people is about 50/50. CEO is transparent with what is going on within the company.

Cons

Very waterfall. Collaboration is a very tricky thing. They are rooted in linguistics more than visual systems. Project Management on the production side is not interested at all in discovery or the IA/UX process. You must provide a complete package with no ambiguity to production. Once the hand-off is made, you will seldom be consulted and the PM becomes the usability expert in most cases because of time constraints. If you are consulted after hand-off, the PM has no patience to further discuss new solutions. Since the company is run by a computer scientist, what is allowed to cross over to other disciplines is highly frowned upon, so lateral problem solving is very limited and in most cases verbally discouraged. Do not expect to collaborate in the design and programming aspect of a project. You are an IA and that is it. People have been there a long time and have exploited the flex time deeply to the detriment of the margins. Make sure you only offer solutions within your domain.

2.0
16 June 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most of your co-workers are cool - the ones not related to the CEO. Very hands off approach to letting you do your job without constant pestering - unless you are not related to the CEO.

Cons

CEO is knowledgeable about certain things, but that's the problem. Hire people who are experts and let them use their experience and expertise to get results. Almost everything has to be run past the CEO, which bottlenecks every project. The CEO (Chief EGO Officer) thinks he is Steve Jobs, but in reality is more like Bill Lumbergh (The boss from Office Space). Family members have jobs that they aren't qualified to do and they are all happy with getting paid whatever they make without any raises. The only time I got raises was when I had offers from other companies.

3.0
4 June 2014

Nowhere to go but out.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Cool Space, Cool projects, work was exactly what I was looking for. Fresh coffee, great coworkers. Pets and family friendly. Casual dress, bar's are within walking distance. Some happy hours.

Cons

No room for advancement, no yearly employee reviews. When someone leaves, the work load is just added to the other people instead of finding someone new. Very thrifty, no sense of pride or camaraderie. Abysmal PTO and compensation schedule. (10 days) (Once a month)

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